Claim to Fame

The only thing Megan is famous for is being a former homecoming princess, and eating nearly her weight in ice cream in college. These days, she's one of the faces that can be seen at the Magnolia Boutique.

Biography

Growing up in Climax, KS was boring. In a town where there are only 64-70 people, everyone knows who you are and is generally all up in your business. So the only thing to do was to behave until you're old enough to get out of there.

This is something that Megan Brianne Braddock learned early in life. Her parents, Elisabeth and Warren, were very community oriented. They knew everyone and everything, and if they didn't know it? That's what church on Sundays was for. They rarely did their shopping outside of the small town, so it wasn't until she was 8 that Megan ever saw a city. When she did, she was astounded by how huge it was, and how lost she could get in it.

At ten, with her parent's blessing, she took up doing odd jobs in the community. Helping the elderly clean their homes, mowing lawns, doing garden work. Anything that would pay her even a little bit. Each and every penny was saved. Unlike the few other children in Climax, she wasn't saving for a shiny new bike, or a video game system.

After seeing the city, Megan was a girl with a dream. She was going to leave her small community as soon as it was legally possible for her to do so.

When she became twelve, her mother took her to see Judy Branson, an elderly woman who lived several houses down. Judy was the town's seamstress, though her eyesight was failing her. She took Megan in, teaching her everything she knew.

At first, she put up a fuss. When Mrs. Branson told her she'd be earning a wage for helping out with the small business, she quieted right up and became a very patient student. Each different stitching technique was soaked up, and soon the girl began not only doing better work than the older women who helped Mrs. Branson (more due to the small fingers than any actual skill), but she began taking what she was taught and applying it to her own clothing.

By the age of sixteen, she had already created a clothing line during her Home Economics class. These designs, and the prototypes she worked on for grades while in school were painstakingly packed away in garment bags, and boxes. Her drawn designs were stored in large hat boxes. Everything was ready for the day when she was going to leave.

She stayed for five months after her sixteenth birthday, and only due to the fact that her beloved Mrs. Branson fell ill and passed on. Surprisngly, Megan was left a hefty sum of money — hefty to her at any rate. It was enough to buy her a ticket to New York, get her a dumpy apartment in Brooklyn, and supply her with enough material so that she could "expand" her clothing line.

Within two months of this, she was living on the streets, working for a part-time Chinese seamstress shop. She still had her designs, but rather than selling them to a large Upper East Side designer like she hoped, she was wearing them for clothing.

Her break of luck came while on a delivery. One of the students at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC saw her outfit and offered to pay her money if she could use it in her class. Megan agreed, with the caveat that if the design did well, she'd tell the teacher where it came from.

The design, of course did well. After a bit of finagaling FIT allowed her to audit several of the classes. She couldn't actually sign up for them as she had no transcripts and she wasn't old enough to be classified a mature student.

Though she was driven to succeed, "true love" would whisk her away from the school shortly after she actually was able to enroll at the age of 19. She and her guy Hyde took to the roads when he ran away from New York. Their aimless wanderings brought them to Dallas.

Since then she's been working at Magnolia Boutique, trying to earn enough money so that she can open up a clothing line or shop of her own. Granted, she generally blows her money trying to get Hyde out of a bind every now and then, and she needs to rebuild her savings.

Character Details

Megan is a chameleon — that is, her personality tends to change depending upon whom she's around or what the situation is. She's extremely uncertain of who she is, and while she tries very hard to make herself into a well-formed individual, she just does not have the capacity to do so fully.

The only thing that she can claim as being part of herself is the fact that she loves clothing — more than that, she loves designing and making her own clothing. Megan may be a failed fashion designer working in an upscale boutique, but she still takes a lot of pride in the fact that she generally designs and hand makes clothing. Showing off her different outfits when she's not at work — be they simple denim pants, and oddly designed t-shirts, or a really flashy dress, is something she has a lot of fun doing. She also loves to design one of a kind outfits for others, and though she's not an accredited designer, she will take commissions for them. Her one quirk about it is that she quite often creates new designs on a whim; often times modeling them on her large collection of teddy bears when no other model is available to her.

Beyond vampires, she has no clue that the supernatural world exists. She has a love/hate relationship with vampires. Some days she thinks they're okay. Others, she kind of wishes someone would obliterate them.

Chameleon

Of the social variety, at least. Megan changes her personality to suit those around her. She can watch someone for a time, and generally figure out how to deal with them.

Pickpocket

Though she is loathe to use it, she's good at it. Sometimes on her "roadtrip" to Texas, she would dip her fingers into wallets and purses to gain some extra cash. It's generally fairly easy if someone is distracted enough, though she's never actually taken anything large or bulky, since it's too hard to hide.

Streetsmarts/Basic Brawling

There is no fighter in her, not really. She's adaptive though, and has enough basic skill that she can fend off a mugger-type in an instinctual manner. Up against someone with a great deal of skill though, and she likely wouldn't stand a chance.

Sewing/Clothing Design

Her dream and passion, Megan can whip up a new outfit in short order. She's got an eye for colors and details, as well as a good hand for drawing out exactly what she wants. She can sew by machine or hand, and she can do it quickly. To make a new outfit takes her generally only as long as it takes her to conceptualize it.

Retail Savant

The ins and outs of the retail industry are her playground! Megan is not only a genius when it comes to setting up a shop to appeal to the customers and make the best sales, she is great at the more businessy side of things as well.

Chameleon

Due to the fact that she changes herself to suit those she's currently with, Megan has absolutely no sense of self. Which means that while her physical identity doesn't change, her personal/emotional identity that defines who she is is constantly fluctuating to a point where she can't remember who the real her is.

Ennui

Megan has a zest for life that is waning. She's begun to grow bored and tired with her own existence. Not so much that she'd off herself, but it tends to make her come off as depressive and emotional unless she's surrounding herself with others that she can emulate.

Throwing

She throws like a girl. Does more really need to be said on this?

Technology

It is not her friend. It is not her friend in any way, shape or form. The digital age is not something she can quite grasp. Computers are difficult, stubborn creatures, and pose a large problem for her beyond the basics of keying in $9.99 and ringing out a purchase.

Commitment Issues

Her on-again-off-again relationship has left her a bit "gun shy" of new relationships — at least those of the seriously lasting variety. Any relationship she does not have full control over is looked at with a wary eye. In fact, she'll rarely commit herself to a relationship, generally using them as a means to an end. When in doubt, she runs back to her on-again-off-again.

Bad Boys/Girls

Megan has a thing for the "bad boy" persona. It's something that throws off her ennui for a brief period of time, bringing with it danger and excitement. However, her urge to be with people that carry this attitude generally causes her to become a bit obsessed. It also generally leads her to quite a bit of trouble in the long run.